April 12, 2016

April's Political Wine: Trumpism - Causes and Impacts


As a follow up to our April's Political Wine, here are links for further information:

How Trump Happened - It’s not just anger over jobs and immigration. White voters hope Trump will restore the racial hierarchy upended by Barack Obama.

Read the full Slate article here.

Feldman developed what has since become widely accepted as the definitive measurement of authoritarianism: four simple questions that appear to ask about parenting but are in fact designed to reveal how highly the respondent values hierarchy, order, and conformity over other values.

Read the full Vox article here.

Millions of ordinary Americans support Donald Trump. Here's why - When he isn’t spewing insults, the Republican frontrunner is hammering home a powerful message about free trade and its victims.

Read the full Guardian article here.

Death predicts whether people vote for Donald Trump.

Read the full Washington Post article here.

There’s powerful evidence that racial attitudes drive Tea Party support.

Read the full Vox article here.

Tar Heel family explains why they support trump.

Watch the full PBS News Hour report here.

Does Immigration Harm Working Americans? Many economists say no—but they may be too glib.

Read the full Atlantic article here.

Immigration is an intensely painful topic for a liberal like myself, because it places basic principles in conflict.

Read the full Paul Krugman's article from The New York Times here.